Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
FOREIGN FACTS.

The political situation in Hawaii Is ex.
tremely crit cal.
Great loss o life and shipping is report
ed off Newfoundland.
John O'Connor will resign his seat in
parliament for business reasons.
American railroad securities on the Lon
don stock exchange are on the decline.
Richard W. Dunlap has been appointed
United States consul at Stratford, Ont
The governor of Alsace- Lorain has gone
TO St Petersburg on political mission.
A French smack reports the loss of a
vessel with 80 hands in the English chan
ne
A loan Of 5 100000 has been made for
the completion of the Red river valley
road.
II is rumored that German Catholics are
about to renew their fight for further
rights.
The proposed meeting Of Emperor Will
liam and Car Alexandria has been aban.
doned.
Bismarck has made up his mind that il
is not advisable to humor Russia any
longer
The anniversary Of the battle Of Chapu-
tepec vas celebrated in the City Of Mexico
on the sth inst
IL is denied that there is TO be a meeting
of the emperor of Germany and car OF
Russia, this fall.
Queen Victoria has contributed $40 70
the fund for the relief of the sufferers by
the theatre fire at Exeter
Advices have been received from Stan.
proceeding peaceably and successfully.
The British government will pay sub.
sidy of G45, 600 annually to the Canadian
Pacific for carrying the mails to and from
the east.
The Emperor of Brazil will visit Vienna
and Italy, will spend the winter in Egypt
and Algeria and on his return again visit
England.
Queen Victoria has conferred the order
Of knighthood upon DR.. Mackenzie in rec.
ignition of his services 10 the crown
prince Of Germany.
The lord mayor Of London and the Paris
Gaulois invite subscriptions for the relief
of the sufferers by the burning of the thea
ter royal at Exeter.
Severa entire families are numbered
among the victims Of the terrible disaster
at Exeter, Eng. Later estimates place
the number of lives lost at llO.
Every trace of the Colorado beetle has
leen destroyed in Germany by the timely
use of disinfectants and tilling of the
fields in which the perts appeared.
Porter a Savage's tannery and boot
and shoe factory in Montreal burned the
other day, involving a loss of 100000
Three hundred men are out Of work.
McGarige, the Chicago boodler, has
been indicted in Montreal, charged with
conspiracy against James Baxter Of Mon
treal. The whole charge will probably re.
suit in a fizze
While large gun was being cast in the
Vickers' foundry in Sheffield, Eng, on the
eth inst, the gun exploded, killing five men
instantly, and injuring eight others, three
of whom have since died.
a meeting Of lrishmen was held al
Nitchell,tOwn, the other day. The police
attempted TO disperse the meeting when
regular battle ensued. The police fired
into the crowd, andstwo men were killed.
Judge Belanger of the Superior court OF
Montreal has rendered a decision in a suit
growing out of n dispute between English
and French settlers, TO the effect that
English settlers in Canada must submit to
French laws.
The London Daily News says that if any
thing could be more fiattering to Glad.
stone than the invitation from PhIladel.
phia, it would be the unanimous regret of
both the press and the people of America
that he had been obliged to decline it,
Statistics for the fiscal year ending June
30, lss6 show that there are 1861 miles of
railway in Canada. During the year 1856,
80 miles of track were completed. The
earnings in lSS6 were $33,3S93s2. Satisfac.
tory progress is being made in the con
struction of the Short Line Railway be-
tween Montreal and the maritime prov.
inces. 2i0 miles being in running orde~
this fall.